People · Mexico
Edgar Alejandro Ortega Cortes
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016CORT01
Edgar Alejandro Ortega Cortes has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.58, set at Quetzal Cubing 2019, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 97th in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2016, he has put 249 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.08 in April 2016 to 7.58, a 17% improvement. Edgar has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.58 | 8.79 | top 2.1% | 97 / 4,263 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.35 | 16.72 | top 5.0% | 76 / 1,672 | |
| 5×5 | 1:01.93 | 1:16.03 | top 6.6% | 65 / 1,010 | |
| 4×4 | 36.98 | 40.12 | top 8.7% | 184 / 1,845 | |
| 2×2 | 3.57 | 7.43 | top 21.1% | 787 / 3,018 | |
| 7×7 | 4:39.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 210 / 472 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.46 | 13.56 | top 63.7% | 1,392 / 2,003 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Apr 2016First competition: Rubik Expomagyc 2016. A 11.55 3×3 single to start from.
- 16 Apr 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.08 at Rubik Expomagyc 2016.
- 16 Apr 2016Five personal bests in one day at Rubik Expomagyc 2016.
Competitions
- Cubing Express Buenavista 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Naucalli Ce 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Todo o Nada - San Andrés Cholula 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SMA Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Texcoco Open X 2024 · 7 Sep 2024
- Aragón Treasure 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Donas en Tlalocan Volumen 2 2024 · 14 Jul 2024
- Los Fuertes Puebla 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Vasconcubos 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Maxixcatzin Tlaxcala 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Quetzal Cubing 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik Expomagyc 2016 · 16 Apr 2016 — 5 personal bests set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Joaquin Ruenes Hernández — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gamaliel Jimenez Oropeza — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.